Plowswords : literature and the agricultural trap from Shakespeare to Coetzee /
Examining important works of English literature through the lens of anthropology's revised narrative of the Agricultural Trap, considers whether central aspects of The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness and the novels of Coetzee can be reinterpreted as...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Examining important works of English literature through the lens of anthropology's revised narrative of the Agricultural Trap, considers whether central aspects of The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness and the novels of Coetzee can be reinterpreted as expressions of anxiety about the supposedly obvious superiority of farming and tilling over foraging and gathering. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 219 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813951621 0813951623 9780813951638 0813951631 |